About WCN

XXIII World Congress of Neurology - WCN 2017

The XXIII World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2017) will take place in Kyoto, Japan on September 16 – 21 2017, cohosted by the Japanese Society of Neurology and Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology. This year's theme will be "Defining the Future of Neurology".​​

​WCN will bring together leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers to

translate recent momentous scientific advances into action that will address means to end

the epidemic, within the current context of significant global economic challenges.

WCN will have a positive impact on the topics of the congress response globally

with the following objectives;

• To bring together the worlds scientific experts to catalyze and advance scientific

knowledge about Neurology, present the most recent research findings, and promote and

enhance scientific collaborations around the world.

• To bring together community leaders, scientists, and policy leaders to promote and

enhance programmatic collaborations to more effectively address regional, national and

local responses to Neurology around the world and overcome barriers that limit access to

prevention, care and services.

• To engage key, new and non-traditional stakeholders throughout the world in the